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Law and Economics EventsPrevious ConferencesOn Friday, September 10, 2004, the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy co-sponsored a symposium with the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Project entitled: "The Economics of Self-Help & Self-Defense in Cyberspace." The symposium explored current issues concerning self-help and self-defense in cyberspace from various perspectives; including a reflection of the legal and economic history of self-help and how this has shaped the current environment, the effect various legislation has had or will have on self-help measures, a comparison and contrasting of property with cyberspace, an examination into the feasibility of self-help, and an examination of the social costs of deploying digital rights management systems to protect copyrighted content. The Journal of Law, Economics and Policy Symposium Program (PDF) On June 11, 2004, the George Mason University School of Law's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Project and the Supreme Court Economic Review co-sponsored a conference on the "The Law and Economics of Cyber Security," which featured presentations that applied the theoretical tools of law and economics to the vexing problem of cyber security. Speakers included prominent academics such as Yochai Benkler of Yale University, Jack Goldsmith of the University of Virginia, and Eric Posner of the University of Chicago. Topics included "Internet Jurisdiction over Crime and Terrorism" and "The Dark Side of Private Ordering for Cybersecurity." The Law and Economics of Cyber Security Conference Program (PDF) The Law & Psychiatry Center of George Mason University School of Law hosted a conference on "The Law & Economics of Irrational Behavior," on November 1-2, 2002. The complete conference proceedings were published in volume 11 of the Supreme Court Economic Review, (Chicago University Press, 2003). The Law & Economics of Irrational Behavior Conference Program (PDF) James M. Buchanan Center Program in Law & Economics Distinguished LecturesUnder the joint direction of Charles K. Rowley (Professor of Economics) and Francesco Parisi (Professor of Law), the Program in Economics and the Law is designed to enhance the understanding of the economic nature of law and the economic consequences of legal rules and to bring to bear the insights of public choice and constitutional political economy to aid understanding of the manner in which laws and legal rules emerge and are shaped in practice. The Program in Economics and the Law organizes an annual Distinguished Lecture Series which features many of the most prominent scholars in the law and economics movement. Below is a list of speakers in this series from 2000-2004: Dennis C. Mueller, Professor of Economics, The University of Vienna, Austria, February 2004 Dr. William F. Shughart, F. A. P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Economics and Holder of the Robert M. Hearin Chair, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Mississippi, October 2003 Richard A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, October 2003 Richard A. Posner, Judge, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School, November 2003 Arnold C. Harberger, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California at Los Angeles and Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, April 2003. Vernon L. Smith, Professor Law and Economics at George Mason University and Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, 2002, February 2003 Gary S. Becker, University Professor in Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago & Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, September 2002 William J. Baumol, Professor of Economics at New York University and Senior Research Economist at Princeton University, September 2002 Robert D. Cooter, Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley, March 2002 William A. Fischel, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, March 2002 Jonathan Macey, J DuPratt White Professor of Law and Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Cornell Law School, February 2002 Randy Barnett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor, Boston University School of Law, November 2001 Harold Demsetz, Arthur Andersen UCLA Alumni Emeritus Professor of Business Economics University of California, Los Angeles, March 2001 Oliver E. Williamson, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Economics, & Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley, October 2000 David Friedman, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University, October 2000 The Honorable Guido Calabresi, United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus and Professorial Lecturer, Yale University, April 2000 William M. Landes, Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School, April 2000 James M. Buchanan, University Professor Emeritus, George Mason University, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science 1986, March 2000 Richard A. Epstein, J. Parker Hall Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago Law School, February 2000 Levy WorkshopsThe Robert A. Levy Fellows Workshops are designed for presentation of original scholarly research in its early stages that reflects the importance of private property, the rule of law, and the market process to the preservation of individual liberty. Workshop speakers include the Law School's Levy Fellows, full-time faculty, and guests. See the most recent Levy Fellow Workshop schedule.
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